Advice on locating group purchasing organizations
There are several ways to find group purchasing organizations (GPOs) that should be included in a same-day surgery manager’s search for the right plan, says Greg Eisele, FACHE, MHA, president and chief executive officer of MD Resources, a Fresno, CA-based health care consulting firm that offers a variety of services including advice on managing purchasing and other financial activities.
"Talk with other same-day surgery managers to see who they are using," suggests Eisele. Find out if their GPOs focus on same-day surgery, and find out how responsive the GPO is to the special needs of a same-day surgery program, he recommends.
Go to trade shows
Trade shows and professional publications are also good ways to find the names of GPOs that focus on same-day surgery, Eisele adds. If you are checking out a GPO that you found this way, be sure to get names of current members from the GPO so you can see how the GPO really serves its members, he suggests.
"I found that membership in my state association gave me the best access to information about GPOs," says Leanne Bales, RN, CNOR, administrator of the Effingham (IL) Ambulatory Surgery Center. "By talking with other members, I not only learned the names of organizations that focused on same-day surgery, but I received good information about how GPOs worked and what to look for during my evaluation of GPOs," she explains.
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